The Han army lost the initiative, and encountered a surprise attack. Although it showed tenacious resilience, its formation was already chaotic and it had begun to collapse. Guan Xing and Jiang Wei fought for more than ten times. Seeing that there was an impoverished appearance, the Han army began to defeat and did not dare to fight again. He immediately took off the spear stabbed by Jiang Wei, rode his horse out of the battle group, and tried hard to restrain his troops and began to retreat slowly.

Although Jiang Wei won a little, there were many people on the other side, and Guan Xing was not an incompetent person. Even if the Han army lost these five thousand soldiers, it would not hurt its vitality. However, Tianshui is now short of soldiers. If these three thousand soldiers were broken here, it would be even more impossible for Tianshui's remaining soldiers to defend the city. He could only watch Guan Xing slowly retreat, and sighed helplessly, and brought the soldiers back to Xixian County, reorganized the soldiers and horses in order to fight again. At the same time, he sent people to Shangji to repay Ma Zun's war.

Although he won a small victory for a while, more than half of the troops and horses brought by Jiang Wei were damaged. The number of troops on both sides was even greater than the number of people injured by the Han army. By this calculation, Jiang Wei secretly marveled at the combat power of the Han army.

Moreover, after this battle, Zhang Fei's main army must be prepared, and it will be difficult to think of it unexpectedly.

After personally feeling the strength of the Han army, Jiang Wei thought about it after returning to the city, but still felt that it was inappropriate. With the strength of the Han army, it was almost impossible for Tianshui to defend the city. Zhang He's reinforcements would not arrive at any time. He had to think of his way to recruit some troops, otherwise it would be difficult to fight with the Han army.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Wei wrote a letter to send it to Shangqi, hoping that Ma Zun could second the wealthy families in Tianshui to fight against the Han army to support Zhang He's army. At the same time, he ordered people to recruit civilians and strengthen the city walls, hoping to stop the Han army in this western city.

On the other side, Guan Xing was defeated for a while and returned to the army with some dejected revenge to report to Zhang Fei.

"Anguo's martial arts are good. This person is the same age as Anguo, and he can defeat you?" Ma Chao looked at Guan Xing in surprise. It would be fine if he was attacked by the other party. After all, in Ma Chao's opinion, Guan Xing did not have a rich combat experience, and it was understandable that he was attacked by the other party. It is difficult to have a quantitative standard for such a commander, but his martial arts are different. After Guan Xing's martial arts made rapid progress after conquering southern Xinjiang, even Ma Chao. If he only had a competition, he would not dare to say that he could defeat Guan Xing steadily.

"Yes, this person has quite a means. If he continues to fight, the last general may not be his opponent." Guan Xing sighed, a little depressed.

I thought I had achieved my skills, but when I sent troops to Zhongyuan this time, I was about to show my skills. Just like my father back then, I became famous all over the world. Who knew that I was defeated by Jiang Wei in the first battle, which made Guan Xing not depressed.

Ma Chao was intrigued and bowed to Zhang Fei and said, "General, the last general asks for battle. Only three thousand soldiers will be needed to break the West City!"

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Okay, since Meng Qi has this intention, it will make you five thousand soldiers and horses. Don't let the Wei army underestimate our army!"

"Receive the order!" Ma Chao received the order and said goodbye and left.

Pang Tong did not stop him. After Ma Chao left, he said, "Xi County is just a small city, so it is not difficult to break it. However, when Tianshui sent 3,000 troops here, then Ji County, Shangbi and other places would inevitably be empty. You can send a team of people to attack Ji County by detour. If you can capture the Tianshui Prefect, Tianshui will definitely defeat it. Our army can take advantage of the situation and go down the Wei River and take straight to Guanzhong. Join forces with Chen Dao and Huang Zhong to guide Guanzhong!"

"What Shi Yuan said is very good, I am just thinking this!" Zhang Fei looked at the sand table and laughed.

"General, I am willing to go to this battle!" Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, and Zhao Guang's eyes lit up when they heard this, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said.

"Don't fight!" Zhang Fei waved his hand and said, "After all, Anguo has been defeated and lacks strength. In this battle, Xingguo and Dingguo will go. You two will bring 5,000 troops and horses to take over the Ji County!"

Now Zhang Fei is rich and powerful, and he is unwilling to delay the battle between Tianshui for too long. He directly allocated ten thousand troops to divide the troops to attack the city, in order to take Tianshui as soon as possible!

"The last general will take the order!" Zhang Bao and Zhao Guang quickly bowed to take the order of general when they heard this, bowed to Zhang Fei, and turned around to go and order the soldiers.

"Fan Jiang, go and get my wine, and I will drink a few drinks with Shi Yuan." Seeing that everything was done, Zhang Fei licked his mouth and shouted outside the tent.

"This..." Fan Jiang came in from outside the tent and looked at Zhang Fei with some embarrassment and said, "General, the ban on drinking in the army is not in accordance with the rules!"

"Hmm?" Zhang Fei glared at him.

Pang Tong, who was standing up, waved his hand and said, "Today's rise is defeated. What's the point of drinking at this time? Besides, before going to the expedition, your Majesty repeatedly instructed him not to drink. Could it be that the general has forgotten?"

"Don't you drink?" Zhang Fei looked at Pang Tong in shock.

"Marching and fighting are not a joke!" Pang Tong looked at Zhang Fei speechlessly, with a look of anger: "The general is in the three armies, and this battle is even more related to Your Majesty's long-cherished wish for many years. If there is any mistake, how will the general face Your Majesty's face!?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fei said a little embarrassedly: "There is nothing else here now, why bother..."

"The distribution of food and grass for the soldiers of the three armies, the logistics supply of General Zhang Ren, the resettlement of various counties in Nan'an, whether officials will implement the government orders? If the general feels that nothing is wrong, he can take care of these!" Pang Tong sat on the mat and snorted coldly.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fei could only nod and no longer mention drinking. In fact, he did not drink so heavily now. The ornaments given to him by Liu Yi would suppress this demands, which was just a habit. Moreover, although Zhang Fei often cursed his soldiers on weekdays, Zhang Fei would give considerable respect to a capable scholar like Pang Tong.

"Give me all the wine... put it away!" I wanted to say more domineeringly, but I was a little reluctant to let go. I could only let someone put away the wine first, and then have a banquet after the war was over.

"Here!" Fan Jiang bowed to the two and left.

Seeing that Pang Tong ignored him, Zhang Fei smiled and licked his face and leaned over to Pang Tong and said, "Shi Yuan is not angry, but you're joking. Now that the two generals of Dingguo are taking over the country and Ji County, they should be successful. How should they go next?"

Pang Tong and Zhang Fei have known each other for many years. Since Zhang Fei listened to him, he couldn't keep showing off his face. After thinking for a moment, he said: "If Tianshui goes down, you can detour Longguan. If Zhang He attacks Jieting, we can take the opportunity to attack Anding. In this way, we will form a siege against Jingzhao, and Cao's army will definitely call on the main force to come and fight to the decisive battle."

Zhang Fei nodded silently, so that Guanzhong can be determined!

...

On the other side, Ma Chao led his troops and headed straight towards the west city.

After Jiang Wei received the news, he quickly closed the city gates and prepared to guard them strictly.

Ma Chao came to the city and looked at the wall of Xicheng from afar. Xicheng was a small city. The city was less than two meters high and was made of rammed earth. It was not difficult to capture it. However, the other party obviously knew that the troops were insufficient and recruited many people to guard the city. This made Ma Chao frown. The Han Dynasty gradually improved its laws over the years, and it was an attitude towards the people who could protect it. This time, Liu Bei raised his troops to occupy the land in Guanzhong. The people in Guanzhong are now regarded as their own people by Liu Bei, and Ma Chao was unwilling to kill more.

"Brother, I'll go and call!" My cousin Ma Dai came to Ma Chao, looked at the direction of the city wall, and said to Ma Chao.

"Yes." Ma Chao nodded. If he forcibly attacked the city, even if the city was finally broken, the west city would become a dead city, which was inconsistent with the original intention.

Ma Dai rode his horse to the city, raised his sword and pointed at the top of the city, saying, "I am under the tent of General Cavalry, General Fenwei Ma Dai! Who is guarding the city on the city?"

Jiang Wei was watching the Han army formation under his command. He heard Ma Dai report to his home. After thinking about it, he walked out of the post and looked at Ma Dai and said, "Why did Jiang Wei in Tianshui, why did you invade my border?"

"Absurd!" Ma Dai sneered: "This is the world of the Han Dynasty. Your lord was originally a Han minister, but he usurped the Han Dynasty and established himself. What kind of face do you have to say this to me?"

Jiang Wei frowned and said, "The great Han Dynasty has been exhausted, and the destiny is in Wei. How dare you say such crazy words?"

"The destiny of heaven is in Wei?" Ma Dai pointed his sword and pointed at the people guarding the city, sneering: "What is the destiny of heaven? But the people's hearts, you know that you will be defeated, but you let these people come to die. What's the reason?"

Jiang Wei knew that he was in the wrong, so he didn't say much to him, but just said coldly: "What's wrong with the general here?"

"Come to the city!" Ma Dai said coldly: "Xi County is just a small city. Now that the General of the Cavalry has arrived in person, this city will be destroyed. Your Majesty has always been kind and righteous, and cannot bear to poison the people. Therefore, our general hopes that you will withdraw from the city by yourself, so that the soldiers will not cause trouble to the people!"

"Since that's the case, why don't you retreat?" Jiang Wei sneered.

"I'm strong and you're weak, why should I retreat?" Ma Dai looked at Jiang Wei and said loudly: "If you don't want to, you can go out of the city to fight to the death with us. Regardless of victory or defeat, we guarantee that the people in this city will be completely unlucky. But if you attack the city, you will inevitably be hurt. What's the point of these people?"

Jiang Wei was not very willing to drive the people to guard the city. After hearing this, he was silent for a moment and nodded, "Okay, I want to learn more!"

He saw that Ma Chao's army was not compact, but on the contrary, it was very loose, and he thought that he might not have no chance. He ordered his troops out of the city and wanted to fight Ma Chao.

When Ma Dai saw Jiang Wei leaving the city, he was about to challenge him, but he saw Ma Chao riding his horse out of the formation, coming to the front of the formation, waved his hand, and signaling Ma Dai to retreat.

Seeing this, Ma Dai was stunned, and then understood Ma Chao's plan. He nodded and bowed, and stepped back into the formation.

Ma Chao immediately rushed to the front of his horse, his eagle-like eyes swept over Cao Jun, and finally fell on Jiang Wei: "Is An Guo defeated you?"

"Not bad!" Although I don't know who An Guo is, I think it was the Han general who was repelled by him before, Jiang Wei said proudly.

"Some skills, can you dare to come out to fight me?" Ma Chao said to Jiang Wei.

"Oh?" Jiang Wei looked at the Han army behind Ma Chao, and his eyes fell on Ma Chao and said, "If you can defeat the general, will the general be willing to withdraw?"

"No." Ma Chao shook his head: "You can't win!"

"If you win the general under the throne, can the general..."

"Let you go!" Ma Chao waved his hand, and Ma Dai immediately led his army to press forward, and pointed the bow at Jiang Wei: "You can't resist the battle, I will immediately attack the city!"

"You..." Jiang Wei obviously felt that the momentum of the Han army suddenly increased, and the formation became fierce in an instant, no longer scattered. How could he know that Ma Chao was doing it for him to show him before and lure him out of the city!
Chapter completed!